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Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by paulhilbert on Monday August 08, 2016 @06:53AM (#12246723)
"Who knows what evidence can be collected if the rulebook is thrown away"

Pretty much all Europeans - the legality of evidence here is only refused in very intense cases (read: torture). And it works quite well tbh...

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Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by alex_hitchins on Monday August 08, 2016 @07:34AM (#12246892)
I would be interested to hear of any cases where in-admissable evidence is deemed admissable for the purposes of finding someone guilty. As a European (currently!) I would not want to allow this to continue.
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Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by coldtea on Monday August 08, 2016 @12:06PM (#12248818)
>for the purposes of finding someone guilty

Also for finding someone innocent. You forgot that.

>As a European (currently!) I would not want to allow this to continue.

Because its drawbacks are?

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Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by alex_hitchins on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @09:09AM (#12254201)
>>for the purposes of finding someone guilty >Also for finding someone innocent. You forgot that.

True, some people may want to break the law to gain evidence to support someones defense. I have a gut feeling this is going to be in the minority of cases.

>>As a European (currently!) I would not want to allow this to continue. >Because its drawbacks are?

It's drawbacks are mainly being that it would be a massive retrograde step.

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